Some contain stinging cells called nematocysts. Some types are also able to extrude their stomach and digest their neighbors if they are competitive for space. The polyps are also able to retract into the hard skeletal matrix.
When the polyps that build the brain coral die, they turn into limestone. Since limestone is a hard rock , the coral does not have any predators because the rock is unappetizing and it's to hard for the predators to chew.
It protects itself by stinging fish that come near it . Its tentacles have stinging cells.Clown fish, and some damsel fish,live in a symbiotic relationship with the anemone and do not sting them
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They protect themselves by squirting ink.
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By corallite and nematocyst .
The Coral Hairstreak has large labial palps in order to protect itself. They may be found in Maryland and nectar on Orange Butterflyweeds.
Citizens protect themselves with police departments. Nations protect themselves with a military.
they use their sting tail to protect themselves
how do lionfish protect themselves